We need to be very considerate and think about the implications of some of the new trends going on and what new food safety risks could’ve emerged.
Dr. Ruth Petran
As a passionate yet practical food safety scientist, Dr. Ruth Petran is also the Principal and Founder of Ruth Petran Consulting, LLC in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to starting her business, Ruth held technical food safety and public health leadership roles at Ecolab, Pillsbury, and General Mills. She is skilled at tactical application of technical food safety risk management strategies spanning the global supply chain and has focused on managing safety and quality concerns of microbiologically sensitive foods and systems. She has led food safety assessments at food manufacturing facilities worldwide, focusing on applied food safety systems and regulatory compliance.
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